Compiling Omnibus-Chef on FreeBSD 9.1

Create a build user

# adduser

(I like to call mine 'builder')

All '$' prompts below will be as this user.

All '#' prompts are as root.

Install RVM (you need a Ruby to build with)

$ curl -L https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable --ruby

This will error out while building, so do

$ rvm requirements

and install the additional packages (using pkgng here):

# pkg install gcc curl readline libxml2 libxslt git autoconf automake diffutils gmake libtool bison subversion
  
$ rvm install 1.9.3

Download Omnibus sources

Using @jssjr`s forks until they're integrated upstream.

$ mkdir jssjr
$ cd jssjr
$ git clone -b freebsd https://github.com/jssjr/omnibus-ruby.git
$ git clone -b freebsd https://github.com/jssjr/omnibus-software.git
$ git clone -b freebsd https://github.com/jssjr/omnibus-chef.git

Install gem dependencies

$ rvm use --create default@omnibus
$ cd ~/jssjr/omnibus-chef
$ bundle install 2>&1| tee -a ~/logs/omnibus-chef-bundle.log

Configure Omnibus

$ cat >omnibus.rb<<EOF
Omnibus.configure do |o|
  o.use_s3_caching = false
  o.cache_dir = "/home/builder/cache"
  o.source_dir = "/home/builder/src"
  o.build_dir = "/home/builder/build"
  o.package_dir = "/home/builder/pkg"
end
$ EOF

Build Chef

Create what shouldn't exist under BSD...

# mkdir -p /opt/chef
# chown builder /opt/chef

Here I show how to create a specific version. If you want the latest, just leave off the 'CHEF_GIT_REV' part before 'rake'.

$ cd ~/jssjr/omnibus-chef
$ rvm use default@omnibus
$ CHEF_GIT_REV=10.24.0 rake projects:chef 2>&1| tee -a ~/logs/chef-client-build.log

That's it!

Now you've got Omnibus-Chef built for FreeBSD. See the following thread for background information: http://lists.opscode.com/sympa/arc/chef-dev/2013-03/msg00027.html

A huge thanks to Scott Sanders (@jssjr) for providing the patches that made this so easy to install on FreeBSD.